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Lufthansa: Co-pilot told flight school of depressive episodehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3450634-lufthansa-co-pilot-told-flight-school-depressive-episode.html
BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa knew six years ago that the co-pilot of the passenger plane that crashed in the French Alps last week had suffered from a "serious depressive episode," the German airline said Tuesday.
The airline said that as part of its internal research it found emails that Andreas Lubitz sent to the Lufthansa flight school in Bremen when he res...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:55:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3450634-lufthansa-co-pilot-told-flight-school-depressive-episode.html2015-03-31T19:55:00ZGreece disagrees with sanctions against Russia, Tsipras sayshttp://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/3451248-greece-disagrees-with-sanctions-russia-tsipras.html
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's new government disagrees with sanctions against Russia, and wants to boost trade ties with the country, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said before a visit to Moscow next week.
Speaking in an interview with Russia's Tass news agency published Tuesday, Tsipras said he considers sanctions to be a "road to nowhere" and that the r...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:12:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/3451248-greece-disagrees-with-sanctions-russia-tsipras.html2015-03-31T17:12:00ZHeavy winds sweep Europe, knock people to their kneeshttp://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/3451130-heavy-winds-sweep-europe-knock-people-to-their-knees.html
BERLIN (AP) — Heavy winds swept across Britain, Germany and the Netherlands on Tuesday, killing one man, knocking other pedestrians to their knees and forcing numerous flight and train delays and cancelations.
German railway operator Deutsche Bahn stopped all local trains in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, which includes Cologne and...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:32:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/3451130-heavy-winds-sweep-europe-knock-people-to-their-knees.html2015-03-31T16:32:00ZGerman jobless rate slips to 6.8 percent in Marchhttp://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/3451190-german-jobless-rate-slips-to-68-percent-march.html
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's unemployment rate edged down to 6.8 percent in March as a traditional springtime uptick in hiring bolstered an already robust labor market in Europe's biggest economy.
The Federal Labor Agency said Tuesday that the unadjusted jobless rate was down from 6.9 percent in February. Some 2.93 million Germans were registered as unemployed...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:45:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/3451190-german-jobless-rate-slips-to-68-percent-march.html2015-03-31T15:45:00ZGermany, France, Italy plan to develop military droneshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3451080-germany-france-italy-plan-to-develop-military-drones.html
BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France plan to work together with Italy to develop military surveillance drones that could also carry weapons.
French President Francois Hollande said after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday that it is important for Europe to be independent in both manufacturing drones and in using the images they produce.
...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:58:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3451080-germany-france-italy-plan-to-develop-military-drones.html2015-03-31T14:58:00ZAP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3450980-ap-photos-top-pictures-europe-africa.html
LONDON (AP) — The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps shocked the world last week — especially after prosecutors announced that the co-pilot had deliberately locked his captain out of the cockpit and flown the plane into a mountain.
The crash brought the leaders of France, Germany and Spain together to mourn, since many of the victims we...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:01:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3450980-ap-photos-top-pictures-europe-africa.html2015-03-31T14:01:00ZEuro bailout rebel quits senior German governing party jobhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3450700-euro-bailout-rebel-quits-senior-german-governing-party-job.html
BERLIN (AP) — A prominent opponent of Chancellor Angela Merkel's eurozone bailout policies has announced that he's stepping down as deputy leader of one of Germany's governing parties and giving up his parliamentary seat.
Peter Gauweiler, who has repeatedly filed complaints to Germany's highest court against the bailout of Europe's strugglers, said Tuesda...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:13:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3450700-euro-bailout-rebel-quits-senior-german-governing-party-job.html2015-03-31T11:13:00ZLufthansa insurers set aside $300 million over Alps crashhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3450580-lufthansa-insurers-set-300-alps-crash.html
BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa says its insurers are setting aside $300 million to deal with possible costs resulting from last week's crash of a Germanwings jet in the French Alps, in which 150 people died.
Lufthansa spokeswoman Kerstin Lau confirmed a report on the set-aside in the daily Handelsblatt on Tuesday. She said $300 million is the amount currently re...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:58:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3450580-lufthansa-insurers-set-300-alps-crash.html2015-03-31T08:58:00ZGerman co-pilot was once treated for suicidal tendencieshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3448680-german-co-pilot-was-treated-suicidal-tendencies.html
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — How could someone once diagnosed with suicidal tendencies get a job as a commercial pilot, entrusted with the lives of hundreds of people? That's the question being asked after officials confirmed Monday that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz received lengthy psychotherapy before receiving his pilot's license.
All 150 people ...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 01:22:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3448680-german-co-pilot-was-treated-suicidal-tendencies.html2015-03-31T01:22:00ZGermany working to end mass killing of male chicks by 2017http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3448386-germany-working-to-mass-killing-male-chicks-2017.html
BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it wants to end the mass killing of male chicks within two years, becoming the first country to do so.
Each year some 45 million male chicks in Germany are shredded shortly after hatching because they don't lay eggs. Pressure from animal rights groups led the government to fund research that allows the chick's sex ...Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:29:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3448386-germany-working-to-mass-killing-male-chicks-2017.html2015-03-30T10:29:00ZHometown pastor says community stands by co-pilot, familyhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3446972-hometown-pastor-community-stands-co-pilot-family.html
MONTABAUR, Germany (AP) — The pastor of the Lutheran church in Andreas Lubitz's hometown said Sunday that the community stands by him and his family, despite the fact that prosecutors blame the 27-year-old co-pilot for causing the plane crash that killed 150 people in southern France.
The town of Montabaur has been rattled by the revelation that Lubitz, w...Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:25:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3446972-hometown-pastor-community-stands-co-pilot-family.html2015-03-30T02:25:00ZGermany, Portugal boost Euro 2016 qualifying hopeshttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/3447614-germany-portugal-boost-euro-2016-qualifying-hopes.html
BERLIN (AP) — Traditional heavyweights Germany and Portugal earned important wins to boost their hopes of qualifying for the 2016 European Championship on Sunday, while Romania and Northern Ireland hold a big edge in their group after victories.
Marco Reus and Thomas Mueller scored late in the first half to give Germany a 2-0 win over Georgia in Tbilisi, ...Sun, 29 Mar 2015 21:52:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/3447614-germany-portugal-boost-euro-2016-qualifying-hopes.html2015-03-29T21:52:00ZGermany beats Georgia 2-0 away in Euro qualifierhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/3447316-germany-beats-georgia-2-0-euro-qualifier.html
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Germany got its European Championship qualifying campaign back on track with a hard-fought 2-0 win in Georgia on Sunday.
First-half goals from Marco Reus and Thomas Mueller gave Germany its first away win in Group D, as the World Cup winners moved within a point of group leader Poland, which was held to a 1-1 draw by Ireland in the...Sun, 29 Mar 2015 21:21:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/3447316-germany-beats-georgia-2-0-euro-qualifier.html2015-03-29T21:21:00ZSpectator killed by car crash at Nuerburgring, 2 injuredhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3446150-spectator-killed-car-crash-nuerburgring-2-injured.html
BERLIN (AP) — One spectator died and two others were injured after a crash involving British driver Jann Mardenborough at the Nuerburgring on Saturday.
Organizers of the VLN 1 endurance race said Mardenborough's car went off the track, over the security perimeter, and landed on its back in the spectator area. No other details on the injured were given.
...Sat, 28 Mar 2015 20:33:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3446150-spectator-killed-car-crash-nuerburgring-2-injured.html2015-03-28T20:33:00ZUS State Dept: Difficult work remains on Iran nuke talkshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3445414-us-dept-difficult-work-remains-iran-nuke-talks.html
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program grew frantic on Saturday amid signs of discord, with the French and German foreign ministers joining U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in talks with Tehran's top diplomat ahead of an end-of-March deadline for a preliminary deal.
With just four days to go until that target, negotiators ...Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:10:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3445414-us-dept-difficult-work-remains-iran-nuke-talks.html2015-03-28T19:10:00ZGerman airline could face 'unlimited' damages for Alps crashhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3444104-german-airline-face-unlimited-damages-alps-crash.html
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Lufthansa could face "unlimited" compensation claims for the crash that killed 150 people in the French alps and it would be difficult, even counterproductive, for the German carrier to try to avoid liability, experts said Friday.
Under a treaty governing deaths and injuries aboard international flights, airlines are required to compensat...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:43:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3444104-german-airline-face-unlimited-damages-alps-crash.html2015-03-27T20:43:00ZCo-pilot may have hidden illness, German prosecutors sayhttp://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/3443126-co-pilot-hidden-illness-german-prosecutors.html
MONTABAUR, Germany (AP) — Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employers, including having been excused by a doctor from work on Tuesday, the day authorities say he crashed a passenger plane into a mountain, prosecutors said.
The evidence came from searches of Lubitz's homes in two German cities as aut...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:24:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/3443126-co-pilot-hidden-illness-german-prosecutors.html2015-03-27T16:24:00ZCAS defends its position in Claudia Pechstein doping casehttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3443616-cas-defends-position-claudia-pechstein-doping-case.html
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The legal challenge in Germany over five-time Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein's doping case endangers the entire international arbitration system, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday.
CAS issued its first statement addressing the decision of a Munich appeals court in January to allow Pechstein to go ...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:08:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/3443616-cas-defends-position-claudia-pechstein-doping-case.html2015-03-27T16:08:00ZThe Latest: American support group contacts crash familieshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3443072-latest-american-support-group-contacts-crash-families.html
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An American who lost relatives in the EgyptAir disaster has reached out to Germanwings families to give them support. Jim Brokaw founded the Families of EgyptAir 990 as a support group after losing his father and stepmother in the 1999 crash, caused by a co-pilot who is believed to have intentionally flown the jet into ...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:43:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3443072-latest-american-support-group-contacts-crash-families.html2015-03-27T13:43:00ZBernie Ecclestone casts doubt on German, Italian GPshttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/racing/3443302-bernie-ecclestone-casts-doubt-german-italian-gps.html
SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) — The German Grand Prix could remain off the sport's calendar after this year's cancellation, and the iconic Italian GP may be next to go, Formula One commercial head Bernie Ecclestone said Friday.
Speaking after a meeting with team leaders ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix, Ecclestone said he could not confirm the return of the race...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:43:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/racing/3443302-bernie-ecclestone-casts-doubt-german-italian-gps.html2015-03-27T12:43:00ZUS experts see little vetting of pilots for mental healthhttp://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/3442858-us-experts-vetting-pilots-mental-health.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite U.S. and international regulations requiring that airline pilots be screened for mental health problems, little effective, real-world checking takes place, pilots and safety experts say.
The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 into an Alpine mountain, which killed all 150 people aboard, has raised questions about the mental state of...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:42:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/3442858-us-experts-vetting-pilots-mental-health.html2015-03-27T12:42:00ZCo-pilot was 'very happy' with Germanwings jobhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3441222-co-pilot-was-very-happy-with-germanwings-job.html
MONTABAUR, Germany (AP) — Andreas Lubitz never appeared anything but thrilled to have landed a pilot's job with Germanwings, according to those who helped him learn to fly as a teenager in this town in the forested hills of western Germany.
On Thursday, French prosecutors said Lubitz, the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, "intentionally" crashed the je...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 02:31:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3441222-co-pilot-was-very-happy-with-germanwings-job.html2015-03-27T02:31:00ZCo-pilot deliberately slams plane in Alps; families ask whyhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3440706-co-pilot-deliberately-slams-plane-alps-families-why.html
PARIS (AP) — Passengers with moments to live screamed in terror and the pilot frantically pounded on the locked cockpit door as a 27-year-old German co-pilot deliberately and wordlessly smashed an Airbus carrying 150 people into an Alpine mountainside.
The account Thursday of the final moments of Germanwings Flight 9525 prompted some airlines to immediate...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:53:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3440706-co-pilot-deliberately-slams-plane-alps-families-why.html2015-03-27T00:53:00ZFormer Germany coach Berti Vogts joins Klinsmann's US staffhttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/3442418-germany-coach-berti-vogts-joins-klinsmanns-us-staff.html
Berti Vogts has been pals with Jurgen Klinsmann for a long time, and now the German national team coach will work alongside his former player in a long-term role.
Vogts was hired as technical adviser to the U.S. national team Thursday after serving as a special adviser before and during last year's World Cup. In an interview last May, Vogts said he has kn...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:38:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/3442418-germany-coach-berti-vogts-joins-klinsmanns-us-staff.html2015-03-26T22:38:00ZDisbelief, shock worldwide at co-pilot's role in Alps crashhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3441876-disbelief-shock-worldwide-co-pilots-role-alps-crash.html
Incredulity, shock, disbelief and horror.
Around the world, from leaders to pilots to victims' relatives to ordinary people, the news that prosecutors believe a 27-year-old co-pilot deliberately sent Germanwings Flight 9525 straight into a French mountain produced a range of emotions.
French prosecutor Brice Robin said Andreas Lubitz w...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:36:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3441876-disbelief-shock-worldwide-co-pilots-role-alps-crash.html2015-03-26T21:36:00ZMIT expert: US rules make chances of cockpit takeover slimhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3441942-mit-expert-us-rules-chances-cockpit-takeover-slim.html
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. flight regulations make it unlikely that a single jetliner pilot could barricade himself or herself inside the cockpit like French prosecutors say the Germanwings co-pilot did before crashing his airliner into the French Alps, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology aviation analyst said Thursday.
MIT expert John Hansman said ...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:44:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3441942-mit-expert-us-rules-chances-cockpit-takeover-slim.html2015-03-26T20:44:00ZThe Latest: US identifies 3rd American plane crash victimhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3440720-latest-us-identifies-3rd-american-plane-crash-victim.html
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In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke identified Robert Oliver as the third American citizen killed in the crash. He provided no further details Thursday, but Oliver's parents told Spain's La Sexta television channel their son lived in Barcelona and worked for the Desigual clothing company based in ...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:19:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3440720-latest-us-identifies-3rd-american-plane-crash-victim.html2015-03-26T20:19:00ZAirlines to require 2 crew members in cockpit at all timeshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/3441928-airlines-to-require-2-crew-members-cockpit-times.html
LONDON (AP) — Airlines and officials around the world on Thursday began requiring two crew members to always be present in the cockpit, after details emerged that the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 had apparently locked himself in the cockpit and deliberated crashed the plane into the mountains below.
Leading European budget airlines Norwegian Air Sh...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:11:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/3441928-airlines-to-require-2-crew-members-cockpit-times.html2015-03-26T20:11:00Z